loot

verb: Committing crime topic

1[transitive,intransitive]loot (something)to steal things from shops/stores or buildings after a riot, fire, etc.More than 20 shops were looted.The invaders rampaged through the streets, looting and killing.2(Indian English)loot something (from somebody/something)to steal something (from somebody/something)A gang went through the train and looted money from passengers.Clothes and jewellery were looted from her house.